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50
Citations
8888
World Ranking
3873
National Ranking
430

Overview

David C. Houston is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Social Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Education, Ecology, and Demography.

The main topics of their work include:

  • School Choice and Performance
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Avian Ecology and Behavior
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation

David C. Houston has published in several academic venues, with frequent publications found in:

  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Birds of the World

Their recent papers include:

  • Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus), 2020, Birds of the World
  • The 'Good' Schools: The Effects of Student Growth Data on Parental School Preferences, 2021, AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • The 'Good' Schools: The Effects of Student Growth Data on Parental School Preferences, 2021, AEA Randomized Controlled Trials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David C. Houston are:

  • Guy M. Kirwan
  • David Christie
  • Chris Sharpe

Best Publications

  • Carotenoid-dependent signals: indicators of foraging efficiency, immunocompetence or detoxification ability?

    A. P. Møller;C. Biard;J. D. Blount;D. C. Houston

  • Experimental demonstration that offspring sex ratio varies with maternal condition

    R. G. Nager;P. Monaghan;R. Griffiths;D. C. Houston

  • Carotenoids and egg quality in the lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus: a supplemental feeding study of maternal effects

    Jonathan D. Blount;Peter F. Surai;Ruedi G. Nager;David C. Houston

  • Why egg yolk is yellow.

    Jonathan D Blount;David C Houston;Anders Pape Møller

  • Obligate vertebrate scavengers must be large soaring fliers

    Graeme D. Ruxton;David C. Houston

  • The price of eggs: increased investment in egg production reduces the offspring rearing capacity of parents

    P. Monaghan;R. G. Nager;D. C. Houston

  • Nutritional constraints on egg formation in the lesser black-backed gull : an experimental study

    Mark Bolton;David Houston;Pat Monaghan

  • The effect of female body condition on egg laying in Lesser black‐backed gulls Larus fuscus

    D. C. Houston;P. J. Jones;R. M. Sinly

  • Causes and Effects of Temporospatial Declines of Gyps Vultures in Asia

    D. J. Pain;A. A. Cunningham;P. F. Donald;J. W. Duckworth

  • WITHIN-CLUTCH TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN THE NUMBER AND QUALITY OF EGGS: EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATIONS IN GULLS

    Ruedi G. Nager;Pat Monaghan;David C. Houston

  • Scavenging Efficiency of Turkey Vultures in Tropical Forest

    David C. Houston

  • The effect of social facilitation on foraging success in vultures: a modelling study.

    Andrew L Jackson;Graeme D Ruxton;David C Houston

  • Parental condition, brood sex ratio and differential young survival: an experimental study in gulls (Larus fuscus)

    Ruedi G. Nager;Pat Monaghan;David C. Houston;Meritxell Genovart

  • The source of the nutrients required for egg production in zebra finches Poephila guttata

    D. C. Houston;D. Donnan;P. J. Jones

  • Egg–laying capacity is limited by carotenoid pigment availability in wild gulls Larus fuscus

    Jonathan D. Blount;David C. Houston;Peter F. Surai;Anders Pape Møller

  • Antioxidants, showy males and sperm quality

    Jonathan D. Blount;Anders Pape Møller;David C. Houston

  • Amino acid composition of some woodland arthropods and its implications for breeding tits and other passerines

    Scot L. Ramsay;David C. Houston

  • The cost of egg production: increased egg production reduces future fitness in gulls

    Ruedi G. Nager;Pat Monaghan;David C. Houston

  • Food searching in griffon vultures

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  • Proximate determination of clutch size in lesser black-backed gulls : the roles of food supply and body condition

    Mark Bolton;Pat Monaghan;David C. Houston

  • Competition for food between neotropical vultures in forest

    David C. Houston

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan D. Blount
Jonathan D. Blount University of Exeter
Graeme D. Ruxton
Graeme D. Ruxton University of St Andrews
Pat Monaghan
Pat Monaghan University of Glasgow
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Neil B. Metcalfe
Neil B. Metcalfe University of Glasgow
Peter F. Surai
Peter F. Surai Feed Food Ltd
Ruedi G. Nager
Ruedi G. Nager University of Glasgow
Robert W. Furness
Robert W. Furness University of Glasgow
Geoff M. Hilton
Geoff M. Hilton Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
Kathryn E. Arnold
Kathryn E. Arnold University of York

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